Authors Note: When you don't review, I figure it's because you've died without telling me. It's just logic.
"Perry! Wake up boy! Please!" Phineas pleaded, tears streaming down his triangular face as he tried desperately to shake mammal awake.
Perry didn't move and his fur was soaked with red, it stained the front of the boy's shirt as he held his pet close; refusing to let go. His pet was dead. Perry was dead and there was nothing he could do to bring him back. He gave a cry to the world of hopelessness. He wanted to die; at least he'd be with his beloved pet again.
A erupt of evil laughter made the boy turn around, eyes blurred from tears but still glaring. He already knew who it was and he looked at the person with hatred, he wanted to kill the man. Kill him for what he did and he was furious enough to do it, something stopped him so he just stood up pointing angrily at the man and shouting.
"I thought we were friends! How could you do this? How could you kill him?"
The man smirked evilly, beginning to maniacally laugh at the boy and how pathetic he was. Couldn't he have seen this coming? He had this planned forever!
Phineas lost his shell of anger and gained a soft cushion of betrayal and sadness, sinking to his knees in defeat. "He loved you! We all loved you! You were a part of our family! How could you betray us like this? You said the machine would work! Dr. D, why?"
Dr. Doofenshmirtz smiled down at the boy with his one gleaming eye and scar, decorated with an eye patch. He ruffled the kid's hair roughly, knocking the boy over so he was on his back. He finally answered himself with an explanation, but not one the young inventor had anticipated "You're a bad kid, Phineas."
"What? I'm not bad! You're bad! You're bad for doing this!"
"I didn't do this…"
The red head glared up at him "If you didn't do this, then who did?"
"YOU did."
"That doesn't even make any sense!" The boy argued.
"It doesn't have to! I have a monster truck!" The evil scientist shouted and drove away in a monster truck that came out of nowhere.
Phineas grabbed his foot, massaging it after it was run over by the gigantic tire. "Get back here!" He waved his fist and chased after the mad man. He ran until there was no more light and he was just surrounded by darkness, the doctor and overly large truck seemingly disappeared. He looked around, trying to find something other than roaming blackness.
A light was turned on in a corner and he heard a coughing sound, he turned his head to the source.
"Perry!" The young inventor ran to the mammal, kneeling down to hug him. The blood soaked his shirt even more but he didn't care. His pet was alive! He pulled back and looked over his pet's banged and bruised up body "We have to get you some help…I have to get you to a vet! We need to get out of here right now before Dr. D comes back!" He stood up with the platypus lying in his arms, looking around for some type of exit sign or door or SOMETHING. There was nothing here but more dark! A weak voice made him quick spin around.
"Ph-Phineas…"
"Isabella…? Isabella! Where are you?!" He spun around in all directions to find her but only her voice was present in the darkness.
"How could you do this to me?" She crawled into the light, her dress was bloodied.
"I didn't! It- It was Dr. D! He did this!"
More people he knew crawled weakly out of the shadows, all blood drenched. Ferb, Candace, Baljeet, Buford and other close people to him. They all crawled towards him, pleading at him and demanding 'why?'.
"No! It wasn't me! I'd never do anything to hurt any of you!" Phineas pleaded to them, they just got closer to him and started pulling on his clothes and leaving bloody handprints… "No! No! No! No! Stay back! It wasn't me!"
"No…no…no! NO!" The red head screamed and shot up in his bed, his siblings were standing over him.
Candace looked at him with concern "Phineas, are you alright? Why were you screaming like that?"
Ferb nodded, looking at him with equal worry.
Phineas managed to slow down his breath and it now came in slow pants as he calmed himself down "Just a bad dream, that's all."
"Why were you yelling about Heinz?"
"What?"
His sister explained more "You were screaming 'No! Dr. D! Why? No!' What were you dreaming about?"
The boy shook his head "Honestly…I don't really remember what I was dreaming about" He lied "If I remember though I'll be sure to tell you though…I'm just going to go back to bed. I have to get to Dr. D's to start on that machine first thing in the morning, I better be well rested."
"Alright I guess…goodnight guys." Candace began walking away, upon spotting a certain curled up platypus asleep on the rug she crossed her arms and glared "How he slept through all that screaming is beyond me. Does he not have ears or something?"
"Leave him alone Candace!" Phineas told her "He's always tired after his missions, they wear the poor little guy out…"
"Whatever. I'll be in my room catching a few z's." The teen pulled her sleep mask down over her eyes and made her way to the door, missing the opening and ramming into the wall.
Phineas and Ferb put their hands over their mouths to muffle their snickers, not wanting to wake their pet up. Candace pulled the mask from over her eyes, and with a scowl and a 'hmph' she marched out. The boys quieted down and settled back in their beds, drifting off to catch a few z's themselves. The red haired boy opened his eyes seconds later. It looked like he wasn't getting much z's tonight…
…
Candace marched to her room, shutting the door behind her. She took a few steps and then stopped abruptly. She didn't remember opening her window…it was freezing in here…
She went over to the open window, the curtains flapping and fluttering in the chilly breeze that blew in. Shivering, she shut it with a soft thud and turned around to get to her bed. When the teen pulled back the pink covers she noticed a small and white, sealed envelope. With curiosity and bewilderment in her eyes she ripped it open, pulling out a folded letter. Candace unfolded it and her features fell completely with each word she read. The words were written in atrocious handwriting that was barely legible and sloppy but she read the message loud and clear. She knew what she had to do, the only problem was the regret and mixed emotions she felt from thinking about actually doing it…but she had to…she didn't have a choice…right?
…
The alarm clock blared and the boys sat up from their beds. Ferb reached over to shut it off before the mechanical arm could poke the still sleeping platypus. They had plans to remove the metal appendage because the animal had admitted to them that he didn't necessarily 'like' being poked awake. They understood completely being as they probably wouldn't want to be poked awake either. The boys hadn't gotten around to it because Phineas had gotten the idea to modify it so instead of poking Perry awake, it'd give him- as the red head declared it- 'The best tummy rub in the world!'. Speaking of that enthusiastic red head…
Phineas slowly sat up in his bed, haven not gotten a wink of sleep last night. He kept jumping awake and finally around 4 in the morning he gave up completely. He sighed, flipping back his blanket to get started with his morning. This was going to be a long and gruesome day...
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Ferb poked his brother in the head with his cereal spoon, it seemed the smaller boy had fallen asleep in his. The brit rarely talked unless it was absolutely necessary and sometimes not even then but…he needed to save his step brother from drowning.
"Phineas."
"Huh? What?!" Phineas shot upwards, his face dripping in milk and bits of 'Fruity Rainbow Flakes on his forehead and chin. He looked at the clock on the wall and all but jumped out of his seat. With a clink he threw his bowl and spoon in the sink, grabbing a towel and frantically scrubbing his face with it to get the content of his breakfast from his person. "I'm late! I was supposed to be at Dr. D's an hour ago!"
The green haired boy nodded and began to put his dish in the sink, Phineas stopped him.
"Actually Ferb, I wanted to go alone."
Ferb looked confused.
"I uh…I just wanted to spend some quality time with him, that's all. You know if that's okay…" The boy rubbed the back of his neck, not making eye contact with his step-brother.
The Brit nodded that it was okay and Phineas was overly happy.
"Thanks bro! You're the best!" He smiled, his smile disappeared in a second when something important came to mind "Uh Ferb? W-where's Perry?"
Ferb placed his bowl back on the table, taking his seat again "He went to work."
"What?! He what?! When?! How long ago did he leave?!"
Candace marched in "Will you two keep it down? I can't sleep in with all your yelling! What are you yelling about anyways?!" She asked with her hands on her hips.
Phineas didn't seem to care about her sleeping habits, demanding "Do you know how long ago Perry left?"
"I saw him crawl under my bed about an hour ago, and then there was this sound of something opening and closing. He was gone after that. Either he's still under there or there's some sort of trap door under my bed. I can't believe I'm saying this but he better be under my bed, and there better not be a super-secret passage way in my room!"
Again her younger brother ignored her, running out the door and down the street in the direction of the big purple building that was oddly shaped like Ferb's head. The two bigger siblings stared after him. This time the boy with the oddly shaped head that looked like a big purple building spoke up.
"Well that was peculiar."
…
Phineas ran as fast as he could to Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated, he hoped his platypus was not there and just sleeping under Candace's bed. He didn't care how odd that sounded! He just had to get there before it was too late! He didn't have an idea in his mind of what he was trying to get there in time for exactly and he decided he wouldn't have to know if he just ran faster.
Out of breath and panting, he was finally at the doorstep. He ran through the doors and didn't stop there to even wait for the elevator up, he just continued running. Not stopping as he continued running as fast as he could up the stairs and up to the door. That was the only time he stopped to catch his breath and rest, but it was only for a moment because what he heard made him start running as fast as he could again.
There was an impatient chatter and sounds of struggling from inside the apartment.
"Perry the Platypus, hold still! I promise this won't hurt a bit! Okay maybe it will only hurt for like a second but then you won't feel anything anymore! I swear!"
This time there was a pained chattering cry and the unmistakable sound of something shattering. The boy had heard enough and threw open the door, bolting into the lab screaming "NO! DON'T HURT HIM!"
Doofenshmirtz and Perry turned their heads. The platypus looked at the child quizzically in his trap made of clamps holding all his limbs. The man chuckled at the younger inventor "Well look who decided to show up, you know when I said you could come over first thing in the morning I thought you were coming along with Perry the Platypus…but eh, no matter. You're here now at least" He shrugged and called the boy over "Come look at this, kid."
Phineas was confused himself for a multiple of different reasons but he followed the scientist's orders and walked over. The doctor pointed at the agent's shoulder, a piece of metal decorated the small shoulder blade. The boy's eyes widened "Is that metal?!"
"Yep. Just another result of the transformation process, we really need to get a start on that machine and fast…Perry the Platypus, would it be okay if we cut this one short so we can get a start on the invention?"
The platypus nodded.
"I knew you wouldn't mind!" Doof replied and reached into his lab coat, pulling out a small trap remote "I mean the sooner the better right? I don't really want to have only one eye for the rest of my life…it just doesn't seem satisfying. You know?" He ran a finger along his still forming scar, their transformation was much slower than their 2D counterparts but the doctor was now almost fully blind in the one eye. "What do you think Perry the Platypus? Would you want to be a cyborg for the rest of your life?"
The agent landed on his feet when the trap remote was clicked, releasing him. He shook his head no. No he wouldn't want to be a cyborg for the rest of his life.
"I didn't think so…"
Phineas continued to stare, at the man and animal and occasionally down at himself. What was wrong with him? He was so paranoid and when Dr. D first showed him the piece of medal on his pet's shoulder, the boy had momentarily thought that the man was trying to turn him into an evil cyborg. The pained cry was from Doofenshmirtz touching the metal and as a reflex from when it was touched; Perry kicked his hand thus knocking it into a vase. Why was he so paranoid? The reason they were even building a machine together in the first place completely slipped his mind and he was about to jump the doctor. He was lucky he came to his senses when he did although he still didn't feel certain that his senses were working…he still felt as paranoid as ever. "Uh…Perry?"
The platypus nodded that his owner had his attention.
"You don't have to stay here with me, you can just go home and rest. You've been really tired lately and I want you to go home and get some sleep…okay?"
"Yeah." Doofenshmirtz agreed "I can just drop him home later, you do look like you need the rest Perry."
Perry smiled at the generosity of his nemesis and owner, he trusted each of them…maybe even with his life. That reminded him. He put on an angry expression, waving a finger at each of them threateningly.
Phineas rolled his eyes "We'll be careful…"
Heinz scoffed "I'm a grown man Perry the Worry-pus! I don't need anyone to tell me to be careful! Especially not my own nemesis!"
The platypus rolled his eyes and headed for the door, waving goodbye to each of them. His nemesis muttered a farewell and his owner smiled, offering a warm goodbye. After the door was closed and he was standing in the hallway, he sighed. He loved those two; he really did but if there was so much as a scratch on either of them when he came back…they were dead. He already decided to come an hour before Heinz said he was going to drive Phineas home, he may love them but he absolutely didn't trust them with their own lives. Worry-pus indeed.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Phineas spent the rest of the afternoon rebuilding the Reverse-inator. They'd occasionally ask each other for tools they needed and occasionally get them for each other. It was mostly silence except for the whirring of power tools and the small conversations they had.
"How's your mom doing?" Doof asked as he screwed a screw into place, working underneath the halfway constructed machine.
"She's good." Phineas replied, turning off the torch and lifting the shield from his face.
Silence.
"…Does she talk about me?"
The boy pulled the shield back down, reactivating the fire spitting tool and torching a piece of metal into place "Nope."
"Oh…" The man replied and after a few awkward seconds of waiting for another reply he started up the power drill again. The whirring filled the silence that followed.
...
2nd Dimension.
"Will you knock it off?" Alt. Doof glared down at the grayish platypus squirming to get out of his grasp.
"I don't want to take a bath! You can't make me! I'll short circuit! I'm afraid of water!"
"I can make you do whatever I want because I take care of you and second, you won't short circuit because you're not electronic anymore! Third, you're filthy!"
"You never called me filthy before!"
"Oh, yes I have! You never cleaned your metal properly! I always had to do it for you, which is why I'm making you take a bath now."
"But I don't have any metal! I'm all fluff!"
"That fluff is fur and it's disgusting right now! What on earth were you doing while I was asleep?"
"I made myself breakfast."
"You know you're not allowed to use the toaster!"
"I didn't, I had cereal."
"How did you reach the bowls?"
"I didn't."
"So you ate it dry?"
"No, I had milk."
"…How'd you eat it with milk if you didn't have a bowl?" Doofenshmirtz stopped walking to stare down at him.
Platy-not-borg glanced guiltily in every direction, remembering the mess in the kitchen he didn't clean up and that he forgot to tell the robots to clean up. "I ate it dry."
"I thought you said you had milk."
"…I lied."
The man shrugged and continued walking, shutting the bathroom door behind him. The platypus in his arms took one look at the filled tub and started flailing.
"Stop it! You're taking a bath whether you like it or not!"
"I don't like it! I don't like it!"
"I don't care!" He kneeled down to place the animal in the water.
"It's cold!"
"You're not even in the water yet!"
"It's still cold!"
The dictator rolled his eyes- satisfying – and placed the small mammal in the lukewarm water. It immediately stopping flailing and opened its eyes. The man sighed "See? Was that so bad?"
"…I just peed in it."
"PLATYBORG!"
…
After getting the animal out of the water, draining the tub and refilling it again he picked up the platypus to hover him over the bath "…Before I put you in here, do you have to use the bathroom?"
"I'm good."
Doofenshmirtz placed the grayish mammal in the bath water where it sat quietly, looking like he was expecting something.
Platyborg- (I'm just going to say Platyborg, you all know what current state he's in)- Platyborg looked up at him "Now what?"
The man rolled his eyes and took a wash cloth, soaking it in water. He then brought it above the animals head, squeezing the warm water out of it. The animal closed its eyes as the warm water dripped down his body, then the cloth was soaked again and scrubbing his fur. It felt…nice actually. He just watched the hand go over his body, silence filling the room except for the squishing of the rag and his purring.
Doof couldn't stop the smile, he was so…cute! Great. He just lost even more of his 'powerful and dangerous dictator' cred. He just continued washing the animal in silence, letting his mind wander. Platyborg on the other hand, his mind was fuzzy. The water was soothing and relaxing, the bubbles all foamy around him.
The platypus opened his eyes, smirking as a plan formed in his brain. Doof never approved of him doing anything evil…but with this stunt it would be risky. He'd either be really mad and/or the platypus would have to have an escape plan ready. After formulating his escape plan and making sure it was fool proof in his head, he placed both his paws under the water to push them back out. Water flew in the air and drenched the dictator who let a stream of water escape from his pursed lips, eye(s) closed so the animal didn't know his reaction yet. The platypus guessed it'd be fury, but he was horribly wrong. It was something way worse than fury. Doofenshmirtz dramatically opened his eyes, a smirk forming on his face as he worked out his plan of action.
The animal could read the man's look like a book and he scrambled to get out of the tub, already knowing what was coming next. He ran to the door but he was too late, the former semi dictator was already standing in front of it. Smiling down at him and locking the door with a small 'click!', backing the platypus further into the bathroom.
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The bathroom door was unlocked and Doof strolled out laughing, holding a balled up towel in his arms. Doofenshmirtz walked into his room and set the bundle down on his bed, rubbing the fabric around. He maneuvered it to reveal a small beak that was curled up into a smile, Platyborg lifted the towel flap from over his eyes. He squirmed in the fabric trying to get out.
"You're not dry yet so stay wrapped up, plus it's really cold in here and the last thing I need is a sick non-cybernetic platypus on my hands…"
"Are we ever going to change back?"
"Of course we are! The other me and that little boy are building the Reverse-inator as we speak, at least they better be…if they know what's good for them…"
"What if it doesn't work?"
"It will!"
"But what if it doesn't?"
The former semi dictator turned around, staring at the animal "Why are you so sure that it won't work?"
"I'm not! It's just…I don't know…" The platypus sighed, curling up under the blankets.
Doofenshmirtz laid down next to him "Look, the machine will work and we'll be back to our old selves in no time. I promise." He earned a nod and the light was turned off. Doof rolled over, eyes still open and worried thoughts clouded his mind.
What if it didn't work?
1st Dimension.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporateeeeed!
"OW! MY HAND!"
"He told you to be careful!"
"I'm not taking advice from my own nemesis, kid! It goes against everything I believe in!"
"But he was right, wasn't he?"
"Yes…"
…
Perry rode up the elevator to the penthouse floor, an hour early just like promised himself. It wasn't that he didn't trust them, it's just that when those two got together….they were idiots.
He let himself in through the front door and crossed his arms at the two inventors. Doofenshmirtz held his hand behind his back, bandages hanging and able to be seen behind him.
Phineas smiled sheepishly "Hey Perry! I didn't think you were going to be so early, we were actually about to go grab a pizza. We finished early so…"
The platypus tapped his foot and pointed behind them at Doof's hand. Both the human males glanced off to the side, the red head was able to save them.
"The machine's all finished!" The boy played it off as if his pet was pointing to the invention behind him when he knew exactly what the platypus was actually gesturing to. "The four of you will be back to normal in no time!"
The agent sighed. He sure hoped so, looking down at the metal covering only one of his webbed feet. It clanked as he walked.
Phineas let out a yawn, you couldn't tell if it was fake or not "Well it's too late to call them over to our dimension now….Dr. D, can you call them first thing in the morning?"
"Of course. I really want my other eye back…" Doof trailed off "I can barely see through it anymore! Everything's like fading…"
After some goodbyes, the boy and platypus left in the hovercraft parked out front. Doofenshmirtz continued bandaging the burn on his hand and hit the hay, but don't worry.
No bales of hay were harmed during the making of this story.
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2nd Dimension.
A lone Normbot hovered past the bathroom. Curious as to why the door and light was on, it entered the room. Water soaked the floor and the few small carpets that were in there, basically it was a mess. The robot hovered out of the room slowly.
It saw nothing, it had plausible deniability…
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Unknown Location.
"Soon my plan will be in effect and I will RULE THE WORLD! I can see it now!" The voice boomed "ALL HAIL THE REGURGITATOR!"
"Will you stop being so loud?" Another quieter voice responded back. "The world will know all about our plans once you finish speaking!"
The larger man nodded and quieted down, letting the smaller man resume speaking.
"Now then…did you send the letter to the girl?"
"YES!" The Regurgitator bellowed, realizing his volume he softened his voice the best he could (which wasn't really much) "I mean…yes. I wrote it myself." The man looked smug, proud of his accomplishment of haven written some words on a piece of paper. Trying to look smarter and show it to his accomplice, he pulled out a copy of the letter. "Here's a copy of it." Also sounding proud that he was able to work a copying machine.
The smaller male took the parchment and looked it over "Really? I can barely read this! How will the message you're trying to get across be even remotely clear?"
The gorilla like man look disappointed that what he did wasn't good enough, looking for a way out of the awkward silence he yelled at the top of his lungs "I AM THE REGURGITATOR! THE WORLD IS MY NEMESIS!"
As the sound effects roared in the background, the calmer voice just sighed.
A/N: *sings* Plooooooot Twiiiiiiiiiist! x)
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